each with shallow rounded sides rising from a short tapering foot to an everted rim, brightly enamelled to the interior with budding and flowering mallow and peony stems, the one dish with a small butterfly in flight, the base with an underglaze-blue six-character mark

1930年代上海舊藏
香港蘇富比2010年10月8日，編號2710

The pair is in overall good condition with typical flakes and loss to the enamels, as well as tiny grinding nicks to the unglazed footrims. There are also original firing imperfections such as minute kiln specks.
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